Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-29
Washington Letter.

IT should do nothing more for the re-
mainder of its life. The enactment
of the Presidential Succession bill has
been followed by that regulating the
Electoral Count, and 80 double peril
is removed. 1t is now pretty certain
that President Cleveland's sue
cessors will be elected and inaugural
ed without any resort to partisan war
"a calamity that hitherto has been
averted only by the tolerance Of the
people.
But this is not half of what has
been accomplished. The Interstate
Commerce bill, "for better or for
worse" has gone through both houses
and only awaits the Executive sigma
ture to become law. Then a rigor-
Gus Anti-Polygamy measure has at
last been passed an investigation Of
the Pacific Railroad crookedness has
been ordered and the old Next
can veterans are about to be pension
ed.
AT the end of this Congress, the
terms of one-third of the whole num-
Der of United States Senators expire.
While some of them have been re-
elected, others will be succeeded by
new men. 1t is noticeable that FEEDER
al soldiers are getting scarce in the
Senate. There are only seven men
who fought on the Union side during
the war, while there are sixteen
whose names are on the muster rolls
of the Confederacy. 1t is probable
that only three of the ex-Federals
will be left when the Senate is called
to order at the commencement of the
next session. These will be Senators
Hawley, Henderson and Plumb.
Fifteen Republican Senators will be
sworn in on the 4th of next March,
but four of them wore the Ccnfeder-
ate gray. This will leave the Senate
with twenty ex-Confederates, and
three soldiers of the Union.
The President is in good health
again, but he is careful to favor his
rheumatic knee on all occasions. He
felt compelled to decline to review
the order of the Mystic Shrine which
visited the city during the week, for
fear of the damp air to which he
would be exposed, and he could not
60 to the top Of the Washington
Monument with Mrs. Cleveland and
Mr.. Corcoran according to appoint
ment. This trip to the clouds had
been arranged for three o'clock, and
at that hour everything was in readi-
ness for the distinguished visitors.
The interior of the Monument was
electrically lighted from top to bot
tom, a fire was built in the boiler
house, steam was generated, and
several preliminary trips of the ele-
vator had been made to see that
everything was in complete running
order for the expected visit of the
. President. Mrs. Cleveland was on
time, and announcingin disappoint-
ed tone that the President was not
able to come, gracefully rendered her
arm to the venerable Mr.. Corcoran,
and conducted him to the elevator.
The air inside the Monument is damp
, and chilly, and when the marble
door swung open blast rushed out
that almost took the breath of those
entering. The visitors looked down
:. upon the magnificent panorama al
the 500 foot level. Mrs. Cleveland
took especial interest in the White
. House, and tried hard to recognize 8
= familiar figure at the library window
, Tomorrow theprominent advocates
of women suffrage will begin theil
, nineteenth annual convention in thi.
@ city, and tomorrow Senator Blair viii
make an effort to have the Womer
o Suffrage amendment to the COnstitu
ton discussed in the Senate. Mis-
Susan B. Anthony, who has beer
1 here for some weeks, is as grim ant
J.. hopeful and resolute as ever, wear
ing her defeats of the last forty year
q as cheerfully as other veterans wea
q plumes of victory. She doesn'tthinl
at all well of press reporters, howev
o er. She says, where women are con
e cerhed, at least, the reporters ar
sure to seize upon some triviality an,
r ring its changes to the exclusion Q
" business. She mentioned that whel
. she spoke in Chicago last week, a do
h that came with a newspaper reporte
ran across the stage and springing u
= laid his nose on her shoulder. "
# prophesied to the audience them" sh
said, "that that dog would figur